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fish kettle

fish kettle noun: a type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.

fish kettle: a type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish
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Noun

fish kettle (plural fish kettles)

  1. A type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
    • They all looked directly at the ſcullion,—the ſcullion had juſt been ſcouring a fiſh-kettle.1762, [Laurence Sterne], chapter IX, in The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, volume V, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. Dehondt, […], →OCLC, page 52

fish kettle meaning in Tamil

fish kettle in Tamil

மீன்குடுவை

Forms of fish kettle

pluralfish kettles
alternative formfish-kettle
alternative formfishkettle

Questions about fish kettle

What does fish kettle mean?
Fish kettle means a type of large pan, usually long with rounded corners, used to steam fish.
What is fish kettle in Tamil?
Fish kettle in Tamil is மீன்குடுவை. See Fish kettle meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fish kettle?
Fish kettle is a noun.
What is the plural of fish kettle?
The plural of fish kettle is fish kettles.

Words near fish kettle in the dictionary

  1. fish house
  2. fish houses
  3. fish hurricane
  4. fish hurricanes
  5. fish in troubled waters
  6. fish kettle
  7. fish kettles
  8. fish kill
  9. fish kills
  10. fish knife
  11. fish knives

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